Senior Clinical Effectiveness Support Officer
We are seeking an organised and methodical individual to support the planning processes of the ICB relating to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance.
You will have the ability to learn new concepts and terminology quickly and be comfortable with supporting projects and meetings across a wide range of specialist areas. You will engage with individuals in the local system and maintain accurate, up-to-date records. Your role will involve assimilating and understanding information relating to medical services and specific treatments preparing a summary of the implications for commissioners.
You will develop your skills compiling reports, collating/summarising data and presenting to small groups. You will increase your knowledge across the breadth of specialist work that the team undertakes supporting the ICB in ensuring that drugs and treatments provided in Devon represent the best use of the NHS budget.
Main duties of the job
You will join the Clinical Effectiveness team preparing summaries of NICE guidance and its implications using information published by NICE, their implementation tools and intelligence from providers. You will present these summaries to inform the NICE Planning Advisory Group and support processes for ensuring compliance with statutory responsibilities.
You will report to and be supported by an experienced governance manager, enabling you to produce comprehensive summaries across a wide range of medical specialities and guidance types whilst developing confidence and expertise in the output and processes of NICE.
By preparing a monthly bulletin for local dissemination you will support awareness of published NICE guidance.
Your role includes maintaining awareness of forthcoming NICE guidance to inform work plans and opportunities to engage with NICE processes.
As you grow in experience in the role you will support the wider business functions of the team managing the mailbox, responding to internal and external queries, and fulfilling information governance requirements.
About us
As an Integrated Care System (ICS), we recognise now more than ever that we can only provide the care that people really need by working together. Together for Devon therefore represents a partnership where health and care services work together with local communities to improve peoples health, wellbeing and care. It aims to transform health and care services so they are clinically, socially and financially sustainable.
Our vision is simple: equal chances for everyone in Devon to lead long, happy and healthy lives. To achieve this, we have set out six ambitions for the next five years that will help us transform services including: Effective and efficient care, embedding the Integrated Care Model, the Devon deal (a citizen-led approach to health and care), Children and young people, Digital Devon and ensuring Equality.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Experience
* Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis
* Knowledge and understanding of NICE infrastructure, guidance and resources
* Knowledge and understanding of key governance concepts
Skills
* Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise
* Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software
* Skills for manipulating information
* Skilled communicator with excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills: capable of constructing and delivering complex information/ instructions to staff and service users
* Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letters
* Negotiating, networking and persuasive skills
* Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Other skills
* Ability to work without supervision
* Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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